May 6th, 2004 issue #0318

PHOTOS BY JEN FARIELLO JEN@READTHEHOOK.COM
Being able to use a bathroom is a basic human right– or at least, a basic decency one human extends to another, right?
Not under segregation, the degradations of which touched every aspect of life, even the right to use a public restroom or water fountain. And sometimes, "colored" bathrooms weren't even provided, as African Americans traveling through the Jim Crow South knew all too well.